Week 8: New Egg Count: 550 epg
Today’s epg: 350-550 epg (I did two.) Up from before, but not spectacularly. Husband’s? 0 Worms haven’t matured yet? Hopefully next week we’ll stop feeling disillusioned, sick and weary.
View ArticleHosting Worms and Needing Antibiotics?
So I may have developed a rectal abscess. Oh joy. I’ve had rectal pain that’s shooting, stabbing, very bad on and off for over a month. Worse, I’m now getting fevers every week that last for 2-5...
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Misery X 2
The last few weeks have been really hard. Living with 3 small rectal abscesses, fevering for 10 days, night sweats, diarrhea. I’m having major electrolyte issues; had to go into the infusion center...
View ArticleWorm Haitus
Since I have to go on antibiotics for at least a month or more (Cipro and Flagyl, the worst offenders) I’m going to log off on this blog. It’s been an interesting 3 year ride. What I’ve learned:...
View ArticleIF I could just stop Pooping
8 days in the hospital on IV antibiotics, IV fluids and magnesium, and I am home, thank God. I had 3 rectal abscesses, high up in the rectum, too small to lance, but there nonetheless. I haven’t...
View ArticleSo Discouraged
So I’m at a crossroads. I’ve been using hookworms since Dec. 2007, with up and down results. I first tried 10 hookworms and was very sick; had an extreme reaction (fever, diarrhea, edema, arthritis)...
View ArticleThe Plan
I tried coming off the antibiotics a few weeks ago, and 5 days later, things were starting to regress and I was very nauseous, started getting up at night again to use the bathroom. So my doctor said...
View ArticleNothing’s Working
Well, the fecal transfusion failed to keep my CRP down. Last time I checked, a week ago, it was 16.  And things are worse now, so I’m sure it’s even higher. I don’t blame the fecal transfusions,...
View ArticlePyoderma, IVig
About 5 weeks after the ostomy surgery, I started having an inflammatory reaction to the dissolving stitches. I also couldn’t get a bag not to leak, so there was some speculation that it was being...
View ArticleDiet, Worms, and New Book
I killed the worms off late April, and did OK for a while. But slowly, more mucus began coming out of my rectum, which started to bleed, more rectal pain, and then I began to feel more tired and...
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